Privacy Advocates Offer Tips on Protecting Abortion Data

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An abortion rights demonstrator holds a coat hanger outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2022. The US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision Friday and wiped out the constitutional right to abortion, issuing a historic ruling likely to render the procedure largely illegal in half the country. — An abortion rights demonstrator holds a coat hanger outside the US Supreme Court in Washington on June 25, 2022. The US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision Friday and wiped out the constitutional right to abortion, issuing a historic ruling likely to render the procedure largely illegal in half the country.
Photographer: Eric Lee/Bloomberg

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By Jack Gillum

June 29, 2022 at 10:45 AM UTC

The Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade may alter how millions of people use their cell phones. But first...

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